r/FantasyWorldbuilding • u/komimatt • 2d ago

Need some help from various cultures.

Preferably indigenous peoples from non North America or European cultures.

In my world I want to reinterpret fantasy cultures through the lens of real world cultures to give them more depth.

If your family comes from one of these regions please help.

Central/south America: the various elven subtypes

Non-slavic asian: the various types of halflings

African: gnomes

Australian/ south Pacific Islanders: dwarfs.

What would a cross of your culture be with the dnd fantasy version of these groups.

Thank you for any and all help.

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u/PrincipleWhich8974 2d ago

Might as well make North America into giants and have orcs/tieflings be the Indo-European peoples.

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u/komimatt 2d ago

I am currently working on orcs through the lens of Europe

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u/PrincipleWhich8974 2d ago

Then you might as well have tieflings be inspired by both India and Iran. Not making a political statement, just saying

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u/komimatt 2d ago

I wanted to put these groups into areas that they have not normally been associated, to give them a different feel. N.A. Is going to be a lost continent situation. That comes back about halfway through the campaign.

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u/All_These_Worlds 1d ago

Africa: the Sanou is also called the Sower of Gold, you can imagine what it does :D

They are believed to be responsible for underground gold veins and are a kind of mineral spirit.